Mythic version of the Three Kingdoms

Zheng Ling, who came with Wang Ke, looked at Zheng Tai thoughtfully after hearing his frank words.

"Don't look at me like that. Beating around the bush is something I only do when I'm arguing with other families. If I discuss with you, there will be too many bends and new problems will arise in case you don't understand. So it's better to keep it simple." Zheng Tai explained calmly, as if he saw the confusion in Zheng Ling's eyes.

"I also understand the resentment in your heart, but compared to the news passed on by the family, more resentment should be stirred up by some of your memories?" Zheng Tai looked at Zheng Ling and spoke with some memories. Then, before Zheng Ling could speak, Zheng Tai continued, "But the family is like this. If you gain the family's interests, you must bear the family's responsibilities."

"Each branch has only one legitimate son. There is no special reason. It is just to stabilize the inheritance and reduce internal friction. The legitimate daughters are married to other families to form alliances and consolidate the relationship with other families. It has always been like this." Zheng Tai put his hands in his sleeves and looked at Zheng Ling with some calmness. "You can say that this kind of thing suppresses human nature, but from the perspective of the family, it really reduces internal friction."

Why is there the system of primogeniture? Because any other system will cause a great deal of internal friction, unless one of the offspring is so strong that the others can no longer suppress him, then it doesn't matter whether he inherits the throne or not, because if he is so strong, you can't stop him if he wants to inherit the throne, but if he doesn't want to inherit the throne, then he can just carve out a empire for himself.

"So I should be married off and become a maid?" Zheng Ling said with a gloomy face.

"This is the inevitable fate of an ordinary concubine's daughter. Recall what the world has been like in the past twenty years. You have suffered, and the misery of selling your children and eating your own sons. At least the Zheng family has not deprived you of a single bite of food." Zheng Tai said this very calmly, because this is the rule of the family's operation. You eat from me, you drink from me, and when the time comes to use you, don't say things like I'm going to use you to death.

"But is fate determined at birth? Isn't that too cruel?" Zheng Ling asked Zheng Tai with cold eyes. She could not deny the reality of what Zheng Tai said, but for a girl who noticed at the age of seven or eight that the end of her life would be to be married off as a daughter of the eldest daughter to another family as a maid, if she was lucky, she would be a concubine, but if she was unlucky, she would just be a maid without even the status of a maid.

It would be strange if you didn't feel resentful!

When she was ten years old and saw the procession of the Zheng family's mistress going out, Zheng Ling was filled with resentment. Damn it, she was born to stand in the sky!

"Hmph." Zheng Ling snorted.

"Don't be too angry." Zheng Tai saw Zheng Ling holding Wang Ke, and he understood why Wang Ke was angry. So he restrained his expression and tried his best to explain to Wang Ke with the look of a serious middle-aged man, but this explanation did not suppress Wang Ke's anger at all.

This is the key to the complete operation of a closed country. As long as this system is established, the country will actually be stable. It will have a complete organization that can actually fight back. As for the army or something, when this framework system is completed, this team will naturally be established to protect its own strength. After all, we are all adults and it is impossible for us to entrust our lives and safety to other people.

Zheng Ling was also a little angry when she heard this, but just as Zheng Tai speculated, Zheng Ling was undoubtedly a rational person and not crazy, so even though this made Zheng Ling feel angry, she still did not refute it because this was not wrong.

Zheng Ling reached out and grabbed Wang Ke. She could feel Wang Ke's anger, but she knew very well that Zheng Tai really didn't mean it this time. This was the situation of the head of this family.

Zheng Tai looked at Wang Ke and was silent for a while.

If Zheng Tai had previously looked up to Wang Ke because Li You was vaguely standing behind him, now he was truly taking this couple seriously.

“It’s not cruel to us, but it is cruel to you. But when you stand in front of me and ask this question, it doesn’t matter whether it is cruel or not, because you are already cruel.” Zheng Tai’s personality is not that old-fashioned, and he is even somewhat gentle. Therefore, when he said this, the expression on his face made Wang Ke feel humiliated.

To Wang Ke, what do you mean by this? He was actually laughing while saying this.

I always feel that this guy is actually humiliating him!

"What's the point of bragging about blood and connections? If these things really work, how can dynasties rise and fall?" Wang Ke said with a sneer. Although he didn't learn much, and even relied on his wife to teach him how to read and write, he didn't believe in these things at all. Damn, your ancestors were from aristocratic families? My ancestors rebelled. Who is more awesome than who? I specialize in killing people like you, and so did my ancestors!
Zheng Tai looked at Wang Ke, then nodded, with countless thoughts in his mind. He even understood why Chen Xi insisted on letting the aristocratic families marry their educated concubines to these guys who came from humble backgrounds. These people had a wild nature.

"You have indeed found a good husband." Zheng Tai said frankly. He was not ashamed or annoyed by Wang Ke's words. This was a fact in itself. There was no point in refuting the fact. Moreover, many of the thousand-year-old family lineages and prosperous wealthy families disappeared in history. It was very normal.

"But in fact, we have been doing this for a thousand years." Zheng Tai also refuted bluntly, and Zheng Ling was stunned. Facts are sometimes unreasonable.

"You are indeed qualified to reconcile with the Zheng family." Zheng Tai said calmly, then clapped his hands, and someone came over with a plate with a few things on it.

Wang Ke was somewhat angry when he saw his wife suddenly shut up. He patted the back of his hand and said, "After thousands of years of inheritance, why is the Ying family, the largest and most powerful family, missing today?"

"Zheng Ling, to be honest, I'm surprised that you can stand in front of me so openly. Compared with those freak families, the Zheng family is not a very strong family, but there is no doubt that the Zheng family is also a well-known family in the world. You can stand in front of me and ask me why, and I give you an explanation. To be honest, it's amazing." Zheng Tai said with some emotion. He was not angry or couldn't afford to lose. He even seemed to be optimistic about Zheng Ling and Wang Ke.

After integrating the knowledge taught by Zheng Xuan, Zheng Ling actually knew very well what was needed to run a country and build a bureaucratic system. Even if it was a very basic thing, it would require a simple team to manage internal affairs, government affairs, civil service, and financial operations, as well as a middle-level structure consisting of dozens of people and a large number of personnel who could go down to the grassroots level.

Only after arriving in Central Asia could Zheng Ling feel the true power of the Zheng family. She and Anding, the daughter of the Hu family, mocked how the Hu family had become like this. The daughter of the Zhao family felt that what she had built was really mediocre. Zheng Ling had been there all the way and could see that the Zheng family's fiefdom was somewhat inferior to that of other families. But overall, the Zheng family's fiefdom had its own advantages compared to those super wealthy families.

"How about using these to reconcile with you? I think you've gotten over your grievances. By now, your vision and perspective should have improved, and you should be able to see a lot of things." Zheng Tai first looked at Wang Ke, then at Zheng Ling and said, "Your behavior can only disgust the Zheng family. If you want to go further, you are not good enough now. It's not a question of whether your husband is strong or not, but a question of your lack of wisdom."

"Bloodline and connections won't allow you to inherit the throne forever." Zheng Ling lowered her head, but her words were not very polite.

Zheng Ling came all the way from the Cui and Yang families in the north. There are no more than a handful of families that can fully establish this organization, and the Zheng family is one of them. This means that the Zheng family, a low-key family, is actually among the top ten in terms of strength.

Zheng Ling didn't say anything, but what Zheng Tai said was true. The Zheng family has established a complete bureaucratic system. This feudal state can continue for a long time without being attacked from outside. What she is doing now is a scandal for the Zheng family, but if the Zheng family is replaced by the royal family, then the scandal within the royal family will not affect the smooth operation of the country as long as there is no problem with the bureaucratic system.

In other words, what Zheng Ling is doing now can't actually do anything to the Zheng family.

"What are these?" Wang Ke asked. If Zheng Ling wanted to make trouble, he would go along with her. It was nothing. He was not afraid of the Zheng family. At most, he would run back. The Zheng family was so powerful that they could not come to deal with him. Wang Ke was also very powerful! Although he could not be powerful in the Zheng family's territory, what could the Zheng family do in Wang Ke's territory? But now that Zheng Ling did not speak, Wang Ke understood.

"This thing is an injection developed by the Zheng family. It can open up the inside and outside without any improvement." Zheng Tai explained calmly, "This thing is considered a secret spirit. It was obtained from other families. It can use various common postures of internal energy leaving the body in a templated manner. This is a special set of injections for strengthening physical fitness. It can completely improve a person's physical fitness in all aspects by 30%. It takes about four months." Wang Ke's pupils shrank when he heard this. Compared to the three heads of the Han, Bai and Shen families who were not very down-to-earth, he understood what this set of things was used for better than those three things.

To connect the inside and outside without any improvement means that the body has not been rendered by the essence of heaven and earth. It is said that the internal energy has left the body, which is more like practicing qi into gang. But it also means that the refined talent will not collapse because of your promotion.

This effect alone is enough to be amazing. The reason why smelting collapsed is because the physical fitness increased rapidly, which made it impossible for the smelting talent to keep up, and finally it could only disintegrate. But with this promotion method that does not improve physical fitness at all, you can grind it slowly.

It is not impossible for an old soldier who has managed to reach a high level of smelting to be able to cultivate his internal energy to the level of leaving the body.

Take Jiang Guang as an example. For a monster like Jiang Guang, it is possible to endure the smelting to the level of internal Qi leaving the body, but the speed of the internal Qi leaving the body and the rendering of the essence of heaven and earth brought by it, while greatly improving his own quality, will also disintegrate the smelting that cannot keep up with the progress, thus resulting in a blank slate once promoted.

In addition, the internal energy leaving the body represents independence at the level of will, which is basically the opposite of the feedback of smelting the collective will. As a result, it is extremely difficult to re-smelt the blank internal energy that has left the body. Unless one has completely transformed a certain talent into instinct, there is basically no hope.

But the thing Zheng Tai took out was outrageous. It didn't improve combat effectiveness at all, it just completed the transformation of internal energy leaving the body. In other words, the normal combat effectiveness of practicing Qi into Gang was 50 points. After forcibly breaking through the internal energy leaving the body and completing the rendering, the combat effectiveness soared directly to 500. As a result, many things could not be upgraded and were destroyed. But Zheng Tai's thing went from 50 to 51...

There is no doubt that she has the weakest internal energy leaving the body, even inferior to Diao Chan, who has at least 200 to 300 combat power.

But this thing means steady progress. From 50 to 500, the original smelting will definitely not be able to keep up with the progress and will completely collapse. But from 50 to 51, the original smelting only needs to be slightly strengthened to keep up with the progress, and then gradually strengthen as the individual strength grows.

In this way, step by step, when the combat effectiveness reaches 500, the true node of internal energy leaving the body, the talent fusion will also catch up.

The triple-refined internal energy leaves the body. What kind of god is this? Those with the same level of internal energy leaving the body will probably be killed. At least he can be considered as Lu Bu.

Oh, he can't be considered Lu Bu. Lu Bu can burst out 200% when he raises his hand, and the triple-smelted internal energy can only reach 150%. It seems that he is only at the level of Guan Yu...

"You should understand the value of this thing better than me." Zheng Tai looked at Wang Ke and said, this is something to shut him up. Although one of their own research projects has failed, the product of this failure may be even more awesome than what they want. At least, it can be seen from Wang Ke's expression.

"I understand." Wang Ke looked at Zheng Tai and said, "But how can I confirm the authenticity of this thing and its side effects?"

Wang Ke didn't even mention the last two things. Wang Ke didn't need the template for the secret spirit to control the internal energy leaving the body. The special potion that enhanced the physical fitness by 30% was also very precious, but compared with the first thing, it was rubbish.

The physical fitness of the internal Qi leaving the body is far stronger than that of the Qi training into Gang. Even if it is suppressed by the cloud Qi, it is still much stronger than the Qi training into Gang. But if the talent is melted and feedback is obtained, the improvement will be too much, so much that even Wang Ke finds it terrifying just to think about it.

"Do you think my internal energy leaving the body is the result of practice?" Zheng Tai said calmly.

"Okay." Wang Ke looked at Zheng Tai and didn't want to say anything. Since the other party, as the head of the Zheng family in Xingyang, dared to use it, there was nothing he wouldn't dare to use.

Wang Ke collected all the things, and Zheng Tai felt relieved. To be honest, if Zheng Ling continued to make trouble, more families would come to watch the fun. The fact that the Han, Bai and Shen families passed by their house to watch the fun had already reminded Zheng Tai that although this kind of thing would not affect their own fiefdom, it would affect the family reputation.

"Zheng Ling, do you need anything now?" After Wang Ke received the things, the matter was settled. Zheng Tai could then chat with Zheng Ling in peace to see if there was anything else.

"I need to copy down some of the family's original texts with explanations." Zheng Ling said expressionlessly. After all, their family also had to prepare for these things. Education was something that had to be done. Compared to the things that Zheng Ling had memorized at Wang Ke's house, and the classics that she had copied at Taishan Academy with Wang Ke's ID card, it would be better to copy some more original texts with explanations at the Zheng family's.

After all, the books in Taishan Academy are just books. There are very few in-depth annotations and explanations on them. These are things that teachers need to do. The classics of the major families, after hundreds of years of research, are already filled with interpretations from generation to generation. These explanations are very important, not only for the original meaning of the book, but also for the people who wrote these explanations, based on their understanding of the content of the book in combination with the actual situation.

"That's fine." Zheng Tai glanced at Zheng Ling, but did not refuse.

"Anything else you need?" Zheng Tai asked the two of them.

Wang Ke and Zheng Ling looked at each other, somewhat puzzled. Zheng Tai satisfied the needs of both Wang Ke and Zheng Ling. Even when Zheng Ling was copying books, she would definitely copy some of the things that the Zheng family used to teach their legitimate son, and then use them to teach her own children. But Zheng Tai did not stop her at all. It can be said that she had obtained all that could be obtained, and had even been compensated in excess. Yet, Zheng Tai was still asking questions.

"There's no more demand, so you have to listen to me from now on." Zheng Tai said with a smile.

Zheng Ling lowered her head and nodded when she heard that. Wang Ke frowned, thinking that Zheng Tai was going to cause trouble.

"Zheng Ling, you have the qualifications to unlock your spiritual talent." Zheng Tai pointed it out directly. Compared to beating around the bush, some things are better to be made clear directly.

"That's not what I said. It was said by Kang Chenggong who taught you." Zheng Tai ignored the surprised looks of the two people opposite him and continued, "Even now, you still have the possibility of awakening your spiritual talent. As long as you study hard for seven or eight years, you will have a great chance of awakening your spiritual talent. Of course, during this period, you need to concentrate on studying and accumulating knowledge."

Zheng Ling's face darkened. She didn't believe what Zheng Tai said, but she believed what Zheng Xuan said. The foundation of her knowledge came from Zheng Xuan, who was one of the top five or even top three educators in the Han Dynasty. She didn't understand it at first and thought she was smart, but later when she understood it, she realized that it was Zheng Xuan's special tutoring. Of course, Zheng Xuan didn't explain it specifically to her, he told everyone, but only she understood and learned it.

This at least reduced Zheng Ling's self-realization time by more than ten years, so when Zheng Xuan said this, Zheng Ling believed it. His morality and ability were trustworthy.

"Seven or eight years." Zheng Ling was silent for a long time, and finally said, "Forget it, go home and take care of the baby."

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